Heidegger''s Being and Time - An Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Paul Gorner is Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Aberdeen. He is author of Twentieth Century German Philosophy (2000) and numerous articles. Klappentext In Being and Time Heidegger gives an account of the distinctive features of human existence, in an attempt to answer the question of the meaning of being. He finds that underlying all of these features is what he calls 'original time'. In this clear and straightforward introduction to the text, Paul Gorner takes the reader through the work, examining its detail and explaining the sometimes difficult language which Heidegger uses. The topics which he covers include being-in-the-world, being-with, thrownness and projection, truth, authenticity, time and being, and historicity. His book makes Being and Time accessible to students in a way that conveys the essence of Heidegger's project and remains true to what is distinctive about his thinking. Zusammenfassung This introduction to Being and Time takes the reader through the work! examining its detail and explaining the language which Heidegger uses. It makes Being and Time accessible to students in a way that conveys the essence of Heidegger's project and remains true to what is distinctive about his thinking. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The question of being; 3. Being-in-the-world; 4. Being-with; 5. Being-in; 6. Truth; 7. Authenticity; 8. Time and being; 9. Beyond phenomenology.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Gorner, Paul (University of Aberdeen) Gorner
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2007
• EAN: 9780521833226
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83322-6
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Key; Cambridge Introductions to Key; Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works